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Genetics

Genes in tandem

Geneticists from Stanford University have found out why some copies of genes that have been doubled as a result of mutations remain in the genome, despite the fact that most of them are lost or lose their functions.

23.05.2016
Your health

What is infertility and how to deal with it

Today, at least 3 million people live in Russia who are infertile for medical reasons, i.e. due to anatomical, genetic, endocrine, immunological and other factors.

23.05.2016
Other life sciences

A tiny lung made of plastic

PuLMo (Pulmonary Lung Model) will allow you to evaluate the effect of toxins on the body, simulate lung diseases and predict the effectiveness and side effects of experimental drugs.

20.05.2016
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy of HIV infection

Researchers from Temple University using CRISPR/Cas9 technology for the first time managed to cut the DNA of the immunodeficiency virus from the genome of living animals.

20.05.2016
Genetics

New about the Oct4 gene

The gene, recognized by science as inactive in the adult body, actually plays a crucial role in eliminating the cause of most myocardial infarctions and strokes

20.05.2016
Other life sciences

Robot with pipette

Unlike other robots working with pipettes and liquids, aBioBot is able to "see" and react to a situation thanks to a machine vision system.

19.05.2016
Your health

Physical education protects against cancer

A high level of physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of developing 13 types of cancer (including 3 of the 4 most common cancers worldwide among men and women).

19.05.2016
Note to the businessman

Perfluorane returns

Oleg Zherebtsov, the founder and former owner of the Lenta retail chain, and now CEO of Solopharm, decided to bring the legendary "blue blood" back to the market.

19.05.2016
Nanotechnology

Flashlights for cancer cells

Photoluminescent nanoparticles made of ultrapure silicon are able to freely penetrate into cells, which allows them to be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

19.05.2016
Other life sciences

Intestines on a chip

The HuMiX micro-flow chip simulates the anaerobic conditions in which microorganisms and intestinal epithelial cells exist.

19.05.2016
Nanotechnology

Medicines in gel nanocapsules

An international group of researchers with the participation of physicists from Moscow State University has developed a new type of drug carrier for their targeted delivery – gel nanocapsules with a double shell.

19.05.2016
Other life sciences

Bio-glass for cartilage restoration

Elastic bio-glass has mechanical properties of cartilage tissue and the potential ability to stimulate the growth of cartilage cells, which makes it a promising material for the restoration of articular and intervertebral cartilage.

18.05.2016
Genetic engineering

GMOs have once again been recognized as safe

The main idea of the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Technology and Medicine of the USA was that products from GM crops are not only not harmful, but can be useful for humans.

18.05.2016
Biomedicine

Treat and not cripple

Developed by Siberian scientists, the method of packaging drugs into "cells" of four glycyrrhizic acid molecules makes it possible to reduce the dose of the drug tenfold.

18.05.2016
Other life sciences

A new wound healing mechanism

The mechanism of wound-induced polyploidization consists in increasing the size of existing cells due to the growth of the sets of chromosomes contained in them to three or more.

18.05.2016
Genetics

How young do you look?

Certain variants of the MC1R gene make a person outwardly almost two years older than his real age.

17.05.2016
Grants and competitions

Bio/mol/text – 2016

The main topics of the competition are molecular biology and biophysics, biomedicine and bio- and nanotechnology, as well as stories about the best biological research institutions.

17.05.2016
Genetics

Mammoth genome read in Russia

To read the ancient DNA, scientists used the genetic material of the mammoth Chroma, discovered in Yakutia in 2009.

17.05.2016